By • Sep 22,2008

Promises, Promises

My friend Franklin Cudjoe, executive director of IMANI (the free-market think tank in Ghana) sent me this excellent article on the ridiculous promises politicians make to get elected. Some choice...

By • Sep 22,2008

Defending the Rosenbergs

I’ve never really understood the radical left’s desire to lionize the Rosenbergs as martyrs: treason is the one crime specifically listed in the Constitution (with death a possible penalty); they...

By • Sep 22,2008

Everything is going according to plan…

I don’t normally read him, but following some of my colleague’s links to Matthew Yglesias’ site led me to a veritable cornucopia of suggestions for expanding government control over the...

By • Sep 22,2008

Outraged all the way to the bank

I have to say, I found this piece on Alan Moore’s trepidation, to put it mildly, over the new Watchmen adaptation amusing. To be fair, I wouldn’t be too thrilled...

By • Sep 22,2008

Of Meat and Men

This past Thursday, the European Commission adopted a new proposal to improve humane treatment for animals at the time of slaughter. Let’s just overlook the fact that they’re GOING TO...

By • Sep 21,2008

Misguided Demand

Matt Yglesias surprises me again with his four demands Democrats should make before acquiescing to the bail out: Preserve substantial financial upside for taxpayers in the event that the bailout...